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Holabird, Samuel B., 1826-1907 to G. A. Pierce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06452.05.04 Author/Creator: Holabird, Samuel B., 1826-1907 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 20, 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Holabird, Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Louisiana, informs Colonel Pierce (possibly an inspector in the Department of the Quartermaster) that "The officer who superintended & made the sales of Cotton called for by you is imprisoned & his papers are under seizure." Written on Office of the Chief Quarter-Master for the Department of the Gulf stationery.

Holabird, Samuel B., 1826-1907
Pierce, G. A., fl. 1865

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